Cricket and golf have little in common. Sure, there’s a tradition of wearing knitted jumpers while playing both sports, but from the point-scoring system and the number of players, to the size of the ...

Clouds gather over Lord's Ian Kington/AFP via Getty Images It has been cricketing lore ever since an American called Bart King toured England in 1897 and started taking wickets with a delivery known ...

Although the sport of cricket has been around for centuries in some form, the game strategy continues to evolve in the 21st century. Among the newer strategies employed by “bowlers"—the equivalent of ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2024 – Key to winning a cricket match is tricking the other team’s batters – no small feat as bowlers bowl cricket balls nearly 100 miles per hour. In recent years, a bowling ...

Twenty years ago, Shoaib Akhtar became the first person recorded to bowl at 100mph (161km per hour) during the 2003 One-Day International Men’s World Cup match for Pakistan against England. There was ...

The secrets of a devastatingly effective horizontal bowling technique have been revealed by a team of physicists. When bowling a cricket ball, most people tend to rotate the arm vertically about the ...

ABP Live Off The Field: Swing bowling is one of cricket’s most captivating arts, combining skill, science and deception to trouble even the best batters. A swing delivery curves through the air due to ...

The Ashes is among the oldest and the most traditional rivalries in world cricket, but if there is something that truly added fuel to the fire, it would be the 'Bodyline' bowling by the England team ...

Cody Lindsay does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

I once got into an argument with someone about it, who was convinced he was bowling to Botham. I couldn't remember who it was, but it was definitely a New Zealand tail-ender, which meant the tactic ...

Paul Felton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...